Scientific illustration of Archimyrmex piatnitzkyi ant - showing key identification features including head, thorax, and gaster.

Fossil Archimyrmex piatnitzkyi

Non-Parasitic Queen No Gamergate
Nom. sci.
Archimyrmex piatnitzkyi
Sottofamiglia
Myrmeciinae
Autore
Viana & Haedo Rossi, 1957
Fossile
Sì (specie fossile)
Incertae Sedis
Incertae Sedis in Subfamily
Distribuzione
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Introduzione

Archimyrmex piatnitzkyi is an extinct fossil ant species from the Eocene epoch, discovered in the Ventana Formation of Río Negro province, Argentina . Scientists originally described this species in 1957 as Ameghinoia piatnitzkyi before moving it to the genus Archimyrmex in 2003 . It belongs to the subfamily Myrmeciinae, the same group that includes living bulldog ants in Australia . The fossil queens show distinctive features including coarse blunt teeth on their mandibles and an elongated, node-shaped petiole with two segments . Unlike living ants you can keep in a formicarium, this species exists only as fossils in museum collections.

Caricamento mappa di distribuzione...

Stato per paese, da Kass et al. 2022 & Wong et al. 2023

Nativa Invasiva Introdotta (interni) Intercettata Sconosciuto
Fonti di dati
Intervallo di anni 2000 - 2026
Fossil

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Archimyrmex piatnitzkyi is a fossil species and does not require a caresheet.